LostInSpace wrote:
It has never been called neglect, but decreased attention to the left was noted in my diagnostic report. But to agree with what anbuend said, when I don't see things, I just don't see them. Although I also do *process* things more slowly on the left. For example, on the Judgment of Line Orientation test, I was slower to name lines on the left, but on a scanning/cancellation task, I just completely missed some items on the left (which typical people are not supposed to do). When I don't see things, I don't know that I haven't seen them until someone draws my attention to them. The only time I noticed I wasn't seeing something on the left had to do with the hand lotion on my sink- I like to put on hand lotion after washing my hands but kept forgetting to do it. Moved the lotion to the right side of the sink (it had been on the left), and no more problem.
Really, I just suck at noticing things in general due to visual processing problems, but I guess it is worse on the left.
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Lost - What kind of testing did you have done which included the above? What was it called? Was it a half-day workup? A full day workup? Longer than a full day? Can you give a few more details? This sounds to me like very specialized testing vs routine testing. Was the testing done by an optometrist? An opthamologist? A neurologist? A psychologist? A school counselor? A physiatrist? A family doctor? A psychiatrist? Other? What were you being tested for? Learning Disabilities? Autism? Asperger's? ADHD? Other? Do you remember where (a center?) you were tested at? Did you have to fight for this kind of evaluation or was it typical for where you went? Can you clarify? - pgd
27 Jul 2010, 1:51 pm
